Saturday, June 7, 2014

June A Photo A Day Challenge - Week 1

I have decided to join this challenge hosted by Kati at Kati's Little Corner. We could post every day or once a week. With the class prep I had to do this week I decided to post at the end of the first week.

Day One - Leaf

I chose the photo of a leaf with a water drop on it. It had rained earlier and all the plants were wet.

Day Two - Favorite Color

Yellow is one of my favorite colors. I have mugs, clothes, bags and my water kettle in this color. My kitchen colors are yellow and navy. Many years ago when I spent over a year unemployed I bought this kettle with my first pay cheque at my new job.

Day Three - Weather

I took this photo after I decided to join the challenge. It's rained quite a bit lately and this day I could see the clouds darkening so I chose to head to the river valley and what shot I could get. I liked the bright green at the bottom against the dark of the clouds at the top. It seems we have construction cranes everywhere this summer.

Day Four - On the Wall

I was looking for a mural painted on an outside wall but was not able to get one I was happy with so I chose a wall decal instead.

One of the girls at work has this wall decal in her office. It's a good philosophy and good words to live by.

Day Five - Sunglasses

I took this photo of my Foster Grant sunglasses. I wanted to take the photo from a different angle and I was able to get the name in the foreground. Works for me.

Day Six - Dot

This is decorated paper I made myself this morning. I made this polka dot paper with a technique I found on line a while back. I made some bright with purple and orange and pastel paper with blues and pinks for baby cards. Today, I chose red, green and gold because I will be making Christmas cards with this paper. The color is Tim Holtz Distress Stain - Pine Needles, Fired Brick and Tarnished Brass. Check back later to see the cards.

Day Seven - Water

I chose this reflection of a large building in the lake. I took a walk around this man made lake where I live and the water was not smooth for a perfect reflection but I thought it looked pretty good. I love the blue sky. One of the days recently when the weather was good, the sun was shining, the birds were singing and it was good the be outside.